Anonymous

Yeah that's right these shoes feel amazing. Street shoe size 11.5 Evolve Pontas size 10.5 Painfully tight for bouldering hard sport Evolve Pontas size 11 for just about everything including multipitch cracks. Evolve Pontas size 11.5 for brutally long routes not involving too much face climbing. Once the full size smaller breaks in and your feet adjust i.e. after bloody toe knuckles become caluses the shoes are great. They do stretch in the toe box when wet from sweat but overall they retain there same size. The rubber lasts forever. evolv has a harder rubber than other brands and much more so than vibram rubber but they are still plenty sticky and much more durable. less resoling needed. If you have a narrow heel these shoes might not fit you so well. I don't know since my heel is not narrow and they fit perfect. The velcro lasts loner than whats used on other brands. It'll last long enough to get them resoled at least once and still stick to itself after two lifetimes. The straps are more durable than other brands and won't break. THe rubber over the big toe for toe hooking is great but if you dont havea callus there it's going to hurt until you get used to it or they break in or both. They are notas narrow as the defy but narrow enough to climb thin cracks. I'd day once broken in they are medium stiffness. They edge perfectly and yet are soft enough for those few slab sections that tend to pop up every now and again. Compared to the Pontas Lace-ups they are not as stiff narrower in the toes and just all around more comfortable. The Pontas lace-up is pretty much a strictly steep wall shoe for micro edges. The Pontas micro edges great and is sensitive enough to feel what your doing but not so sensitive that your feet are going to hate you at the end of the day from being over worked. Since Theyre not leather theyre easy to clean without them shrinking ( may be a little tight after washing but put on for 5 min and your good to go). Guess that's it for now. Roommate needs the computer oh yeah wash with baking soda gets rid of the funk and smell people tent to comlain about but I say if your feet stink that bad it's not the shoes its your diet that needs to be changed.

I backpack every other week in southern utah with a wilderness therapy co. I love this pack! The hip belt fits like no other, and the pack fits like a glove. The material is tough and wears well. My only suggestion for Osprey is to make future top loaders with a bigger zipper. My top loader zipper has been stressed a few times and will need to get replaced. Besides that you'll love it!

I haven't had a chance to put this to the test yet. But just from wearing it around in just below freezing temps, there is a significant draft that comes through the zipper. Theres not enough Velcro or there needs to be an internal vertical baffle to block the air infiltration. The Velcro that closes the jacket near the neck is just two tiny pieces that would never stay shut in high winds or snowy/icy weather. The elastic cords to cinch the hood always come untied and i had to ghetto rig them to not come undone. the neck area does not come up high enough so a draft goes right down your front and around your head unless you cinch it so you cant see although i would imagine that a helmet would remedy this situation. lots of complaints but pretty light so it's a trade off. i choose the lighter becasue it still gets the job done just not as efficiently. Any yes theres even lighter than this out there.